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| Sticking with CD's for now Good combos are:Transport -> Synchro-Mesh -> Reference BNC cable -> MetrumTransport -> Synchro-Mesh -> Reference BNC cable -> Border PatrolI would avoid any DAC that has reclocking inside on the S/PDIF input.These will both reali... | |
| Help or suggestions how to setup run JRivers media from my computer For USB, go to Sonore and get one of their Ethernet to USB Rendu's.https://www.sonore.us/ultraRendu.html You may also need one of these, which I highly recommend:https://sotm-usa.com/collections/sotm-ultra/products/copy-of-tx-usbultra-regenerator-... | |
| Aurender N10 and audiophile network devices I don't attend shows anymore or you would have had a different experience. It demonstrates how poorly most servers and USB interfaces are implemented. Way too much jitter.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| dcs debussy If you want to reduce jitter to 7psec on S/PDIF coax, use the Synchro-Mesh reclocker along with my Reference BNC cable. Jitter measurements:https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=157348.0Steve N,Empirical Audio | |
| dcs debussy If you are using USB, then this is a must-have:https://sotm-usa.com/collections/sotm-ultra/products/copy-of-tx-usbultra-regenerator-1 Requires two good USB cables, Like the Wireworld Platinum, but killer sound quality. I use my own power supply.S... | |
| Help or suggestions how to setup run JRivers media from my computer You need an Ethernet Renderer. You can do one yourself on the cheap using a Raspberry Pi and a Digione S/PDIF coax output "HAT" board (requires some work on your part) or you can buy a good one like the Interchange and then it is plug-and-play:htt... | |
| High resolution digital is dead. The best DAC's killed it. Polarity has some effect, but it has more to do with pressurization of the room than imaging IME.If you want to properly test this and you have balanced analog cables in your system somewhere, then there is a simple tool:Just solder a female and m... | |
| Aurender N10 and audiophile network devices FYI, every transport I have heard is not as good as my computer audio playback. That's why there is no longer a CD transport in my rack and why I never use them at shows.Steve N.Empirical Audio | |
| Aurender N10 and audiophile network devices First question: how expensive Ethernet cables can help in case of Aurender N10 (even Aurender support doubt that) playing from internal drives ? INO only SPIDF cable can matter. Yes, I believe Ethernet cables could help when streaming from Tid... | |
| High resolution digital is dead. The best DAC's killed it. Sorry don’t know about yours, but totally the opposite for me, no Delta Sigma I’ve heard can match it with those three R2R Multibit dac chips you mentioned or others when implemented well, for "prat", "boggie factor" and "dynamic slam" when conver... | |
| High resolution digital is dead. The best DAC's killed it. I also use a SOtM USB regenerator, but with my own power supply. Makes ALL the difference with USB:https://sotm-usa.com/collections/sotm-ultra/products/copy-of-tx-usbultra-regenerator-1 Inserts in-line with the USB cable. Simple. Need 2 cables,... | |
| High resolution digital is dead. The best DAC's killed it. The Sigma Delta architecture has to my ears a sound that gives digital a bad reputation. Just bad implementations. If you do the digital filtering right, it can easily beat all the old chips, including 1541/1702/1704. I designed DACs with the 1... | |
| Dac selections Border Patrol | |
| High resolution digital is dead. The best DAC's killed it. With my Overdrive SX DAC, I can barely tell the difference between 44.1 and 192 tracks. Sounds better with PCM than players doing DSD/SACD.The key is eliminating the brick-wall filter for 44.1. Digital filtering is the #2 problem with digital. ... | |
| Do I have to use a streamer/renderer to play music from an NAS? 10psec is a bogus spec IME. It's generally the specification for the oscillator before it's installed into a circuit. In the circuit, the jitter from that 10psec oscillator usually translates to 500 psec, sometimes even more. I've measured thes... |